Word: affords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That stay of execution came just in time; the Governors have always been at the heart of Dole's strategy, and he can't afford to lose them now. He has courted 24 of them successfully for their endorsements, their money machines and above all their power over their delegate slates when it comes time to choose the nominee. But Dole has always had to be careful. Unlike Senators, Governors are not members of his court in Washington, embedded in the sticky rituals of Congress. They are princes themselves, with their own bite-size kingdoms and outsize egos, used...
This is where the Governors come in. California and New York are big, critical and expensive, and Dole can't afford to fight it out in both places. Under the law, he is prohibited from raising more money for the primaries, but his delegate slates are not. In each of New York's congressional districts, Dole delegates can launch their own miniature campaigns, buying ads with tag lines like "Paid for by John Smith, a delegate pledged to Bob Dole." Many district delegates are themselves officeholders, such as members of Congress, which means they are allowed to dip into their...
...frozen Cuban assets. The real bite came, however, with Clinton's sudden support for the Helms-Burton bill, which will probably pass Congress this week. The President had been resisting the bill, but Castro ordered the planes shot down during an election year, and Clinton feels he cannot afford to alienate Cuban Americans in the crucial states of Florida and New Jersey...
...already have the power to require uniforms if they choose to do so. But in Long Beach, Calif., which began requiring uniforms in 1994 for all 70,000 children in kindergarten through eighth grades, the ACLU has filed a case saying uniforms discriminate against poor children who can't afford them...
...baby is orphaned, or a welfare family cannot afford another child, then the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance is willing to work with the Human Life Alliance in paying for all costs, including hospital stays (even if the baby is born with a serious medical condition), childcare, clothing, diapers, formula and college costs. Its checkbook will be open. I admire its generosity...